EGO Power+ 15" 56V Cordless String Trimmer

EGO String Trimmer The product reviews that I read for this were very positive, including Consumer Reports, they influenced my purchasing decision. The reviews must have been written by the EGO company. The unit appears to be very well made but has a fatal flaw, where the rubber meets the road. I tried to cut some weeds coming up through driveway cracks. Out of the box, within 30 seconds of use the strings were worn down to just short nubs and the auto-feed mechanism just plain didn't work. The auto feeding head is a complete piece of junk. It would have taken 5 minutes with a garden hoe to do the job. I spend over 45 minutes repeatedly disassembling the unit and rewinding the string, but to no avail. After a couple of tap feeds the unit was again inoperative. Sometimes it took up to 10 taps to get it to feed. Other times it appeared to be feeding out line on its own. I also tried another brand of trimmer line and got the same results I finally just gave up trying to use the unit. I've never seen a trimmer use so much line to do so little. This is probably reason I've noticed professional gardeners don't use tap-to-feed heads. In addition, forget the instruction book telling you to press in the tabs on the head with your thumbs to dissemble the unit unless you are King Kong. I found that a flat screwdriver gently inserted and turned 90 degrees works just fine. Additionally, I would not recommend this unit for a woman unless she has incredibly strong hands and wrists to wind the cord into the head and the strength to hold the trimmer, it’s fairly heavy. If EGO does not respond with an adequate solution I plan on returning the unit to Amazon and posting this on every site where I read a positive review.